{
  "id": "2023-04-10-jefferson-community-technical-college-shooting",
  "slug": "jefferson-community-technical-college-shooting-2023-04-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Jefferson Community and Technical College",
    "shortName": "JCTC",
    "state": "KY",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "JCTC Alerts",
    "enrollment": 13000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-04-10",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Fatal shooting outside a downtown campus building; all campuses closed for the day",
    "headlinePublic": "Fatal shooting outside a downtown campus building; all campuses closed for the day",
    "summary": "On the morning of April 10, 2023, a man was [shot and killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus](https://www.wave3.com/2023/04/10/1-dead-1-injured-shooting-outside-jctc/) at 8th and Chestnut streets in downtown Louisville. The 24-year-old man died at the scene, and the college [confirmed there was 'no active aggressor'](https://www.whas11.com/article/news/jctc-all-clear-given-following-reported-active-shooter-situation/417-169162222) and closed all campuses for the day, hours after the deadly Old National Bank mass shooting elsewhere in the city.",
    "outcome": "The 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene; a woman was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. The suspects fled before police arrived. Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was later charged with complicity to murder, assault, and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 1,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Monday, approximately 11:00 AM EDT on April 10, 2023",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from WAVE 3 and WDRB reporting of the police response",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Monday afternoon EDT on April 10, 2023",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "All Jefferson Campuses are clear and closed for the day out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City. We can confirm there was a shooting OUTSIDE of the Technical Campus Building A, and there is no active aggressor on our campuses.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.whas11.com/article/news/jctc-all-clear-given-following-reported-active-shooter-situation/417-169162222",
      "sourceDescription": "JCTC statement quoted by WHAS 11",
      "annotations": [
        "JCTC stressed the shooting was OUTSIDE Technical Campus Building A and that there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses,' language meant to defuse active-shooter fears.",
        "The phrase 'out of respect for those involved in shootings that have occurred today in our City' references the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people in Louisville the same morning.",
        "The capitalization of OUTSIDE is preserved exactly from the official statement as an emphasis marker."
      ],
      "characterCount": 270
    }
  ],
  "context": "Jefferson Community and Technical College's downtown Technical Campus sits at 8th and Chestnut streets in Louisville. On the morning of April 10, 2023, hours after a gunman killed five people at the Old National Bank elsewhere in downtown Louisville, a separate shooting outside JCTC left a 24-year-old man dead and a woman injured. [WAVE 3](https://www.wave3.com/2023/04/10/1-dead-1-injured-shooting-outside-jctc/) and [WDRB](https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-1-dead-1-wounded-after-shooting-outside-jctc-building-in-louisville/article_67b3eef8-d7b3-11ed-8119-53c75387b23c.html) reported the victims were shot outside and the suspects fled before police arrived. [WHAS 11](https://www.whas11.com/article/news/jctc-all-clear-given-following-reported-active-shooter-situation/417-169162222) quoted JCTC confirming the shooting was outside Technical Campus Building A and that there was no active aggressor on campus; the college closed all campuses for the day. The victim was identified by [WDRB as a 24-year-old man](https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/authorities-identify-24-year-old-man-shot-to-death-outside-jctc-building-in-louisville/article_5b380f12-d892-11ed-b32f-a753e7ae11de.html), and [WAVE 3 later reported](https://www.wave3.com/2023/08/08/louisville-man-charged-deadly-shooting-jctc-campus/) that Chrishawn Chaz Philpot, 26, was charged with complicity to murder. The case shows the messaging challenge of a real but non-active-shooter homicide on a college's doorstep on a day the city was already on edge.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A man was killed and a woman wounded outside JCTC's Technical Campus Building A; the suspects fled before police arrived",
    "JCTC's official statement explicitly told the community there was 'no active aggressor on our campuses' to counter active-shooter fears",
    "The incident occurred the same morning as the Old National Bank mass shooting that killed five people elsewhere in Louisville",
    "All JCTC campuses closed for the day; Chrishawn Chaz Philpot was later charged with complicity to murder"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "1 dead, 1 injured in shooting outside JCTC - WAVE 3 News",
      "url": "https://www.wave3.com/2023/04/10/1-dead-1-injured-shooting-outside-jctc/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police: 1 dead, 1 wounded after shooting outside JCTC building in Louisville - WDRB",
      "url": "https://www.wdrb.com/news/police-1-dead-1-wounded-after-shooting-outside-jctc-building-in-louisville/article_67b3eef8-d7b3-11ed-8119-53c75387b23c.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "JCTC: 'All clear' given following reported 'Active shooter situation' - WHAS 11",
      "url": "https://www.whas11.com/article/news/jctc-all-clear-given-following-reported-active-shooter-situation/417-169162222",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Authorities identify 24-year-old man shot to death outside JCTC building in Louisville - WDRB",
      "url": "https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/authorities-identify-24-year-old-man-shot-to-death-outside-jctc-building-in-louisville/article_5b380f12-d892-11ed-b32f-a753e7ae11de.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Louisville man charged in deadly shooting at JCTC campus - WAVE 3 News",
      "url": "https://www.wave3.com/2023/08/08/louisville-man-charged-deadly-shooting-jctc-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "homicide",
    "kentucky",
    "community-college",
    "louisville",
    "downtown",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-29",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}